Verhoeven returns to film after ten years with perhaps the year's most incisive film.
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Scott Nye
The Newsstand – Episode 65 – FilmStruck and the January 2017 Criterion Line-up
Ryan and Arik chat about the launch of the Criterion Collection's new digital home: FilmStruck.
Ryan Gallagher
DOC NYC 2016: Ten Films To Keep An Eye On From This Year’s DOC NYC Lineup
As DOC NYC starts its seventh year, these are ten films that stand at the very top of the stacked 2016 lineup.
Joshua Brunsting
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 48 – Kenji Mizoguchi’s Fallen Women [Part 2]
David, Trevor and Scott discuss two films focused on Kenji Mizoguchi's critical examination of prostitution in postwar Japan.
David Blakeslee
Joshua Reviews Anna Muylaert’s Don’t Call Me Son [Theatrical Review]
From the director of last year's superb The Second Mother comes this startlingly magnetic coming of age tale, led by a star-making performance.
The November 2016 Barnes & Noble 50% Off Criterion Collection Sale Has Begun!
The bi-annual sale has returned!
Criterion Close-Up – Episode 54 – Hausu Party
We let our hair down for Halloween and celebrate the oddity that is Ôbayashi's House (1977).
Aaron West
Joshua Reviews Werner Herzog’s Into The Inferno [Theatrical Review]
Herzog's second film of 2016 takes the viewer to the edge of nature's most violent entity and the results are startling.
Joshua Reviews Nancy Buirski’s By Sidney Lumet [Theatrical Review]
This new documentary looks squarely at the life and work of the late filmmaker, as experienced by Lumet himself.
Episode 177 – Georges Franju’s Eyes Without a Face
Ryan is joined by West Anthony to discuss Franju's 1960 horror film.
Criterion Close-Up – Episode 53 – The Vanishing
Mark and Aaron cover the Dutch and French horror/suspense classic, The Vanishing.
Off The Shelf – Episode 107 – New Blu-ray Releases for Tuesday, October 25th 2016
Ryan and Brian chat about the week's home video news and new releases.
Lino Brocka’s Manila in the Claws of Light to Join the Criterion Collection in 2017
The Film Foundation's restoration of Brocka's 1975 feature will join the Criterion Collection in 2017.
Joshua Reviews Luis Garcia Berlanga’s The Executioner [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
Largely unseen stateside, Berlanga's masterpiece is finally available in a glorious new Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.